Tobacco box or caddy.



UNITED STATE'S Patented July 28, 1903. PATENT OFFICE..

ALEXANDER J. FEILD, OF RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA.

TOBACCO BOX OR CADDY.

SPECIFICATIN forming` part of Letters Patent N o. 734,839, dated July 28, 1903.

Application filed June 10, 1902.- Serial Na. 111,045. (No model.)

T a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER J. FEILD',

` of Raleigh, in the county of Wake and State account of the construction of such boXes it has been eXtreInely diflicult to open them and almost imposslble to do so Without destroying or more Or less damaging one or more oflthe y sides, resulting in removing or diminishing a needed protection to the contents While eX- posed for sale by retail.

The Object of my invention is to provide a cheap boX so constructed as to afford the desired strength and Which at the same time may be easily openedwithout inj ury to those parts of the box Which may serveas a cover or protection to the contents While being disposed of. .y

The invention Will be hereinafter fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claims. i

In the accompanyingzdrawings, Figure 1 is aperspective view of a boX or caddie equipped With my improvement. Fig. 2` is a Vertical section on line x x, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 shows the securin g means partly removed. Fig. 4 shows a slight modification.

Referring to the drawings, l designates a box designed to contain plug-tobacco orother articles Which are packed under pressure or' Which are of considerable Weight. The zboX may be of any desired shape, and on theinner faces of at least two of its oppositesdes near one end are opposite grooves or recesses 2. These may be formed' in all four` sides of the boX, if desired.

3 designates the main head or end cover, designed to fit Within the four sides of the ing seated in the recesses 2.

boX, being in size equal to the internal diameter of the latter, so that While flush With the sides to prevent admission of air or nloisture `it is not tightly held as against Withd'awal.

sion 5.

' 6 is the auXiliary head or end cover, designed to serve as a stop or support for the mainhead 3. It consists of a thin panel made With and as a4 part of the boX and held in place by be- This auxiliary head if made in one piece may be provided With a small slot oraperture 7 over and some- What smaller in area than the depression 5. It may, however, be composed of several sections placed side by side, in Which event some Or all of the sections may have their edges slightly cut away near their middle, as shown. at 8 in Fig. 4. t

The box thus constructed, With the main head 3 in place, is packed from the opposite end or head, Whichis left open for that purpose until the boX is filled, When such end is closed and secured in any desired manner. When the box is being' packed With tobacco and subjected to great pressure, it is proper to place it on the end or head equipped With my improvement,l having under it a block or board Which Will rest on the bed of the press and just fill the space between thepress and the auxiliary head Within the Walls of the bOX, thus relieving such head froln the usual great strain thereon.

In order to open the box, the auxiliary head or end cover must be destroyed by bein broken up and removed from the gr'ooves.

bod'ying my invention is cheap and substantial and may bel easily opened Without inj ury to the boX proper.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination With a packing-box designed to accommodate materials under pressure filling the space between its Walls and ends, of a removable head of size equal to the internal diameter of the box, so that its edges are in the planes of the inner surfaces of the Walls thereof, and a holder contacting With a face of such head for retaining the latter in place during shipment and until access is desired to the interior of the boX, and entirely covering one face of such head such holder being designed to be removed so that the head maybe Withdrawn and replaced, as set forth.

2. lThe combination With a packing-boX designed to accommodate materials under pressure filling the space between its Walls and ends, of a removable head of size equal to the internal diameter of the boX, so that its edges are in the planes of the inner surfaces of the Walls thereof, such box having inner grooves near one end at a point just outside of the head, and a board of thin material fitted in said grooves and entirely covering one face of such' head, such board being designed to be removed to permit of the Withdrawal and replacing of the head When access to the in- 3'0 tel'ior of the boX is desred, as set forth.

3. The combination With a packing-boX designed to accommodate materials under pressure filling the space between its Walls and ends, of a removable head of size equal to the 3 5 i ,ing a central depression, and an auXiliary :head designed to be seated in said grooves and having a central slot or aperture, substantially as and for the purpose stated.

In testimony Whereof I have signed this go `specification in the presence of tWo subscribing Wituesses.

-ALEXANDER J. FEILD. Witnesses:

JOHN WARD, CHAS. B. HART. 

